Activists accuse El-Rufai of rights violation, clamp down on opposition A group, Citizens For Steven Kefas, has asked the Nigeria Judicial Council (NJC) to investigate the plight of Steven Kefas who has been imprisoned in the past 139 days over ...
Read More »Court bars FIRS from enforcing VAT on consumables in hotels
Increase will impact more on urban centres, wealthy, says minister Justice Rilwanu Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has barred the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) from enforcing VAT provisions on goods and services consumed in hotels, restaurants ...
Read More »Don Cautioned Scientific Researchers Against Unethical Conduct
Prof. Ebenezer Farombi, Head, Department of Biochemistry, University of Ibadan has cautioned researchers against unethical conduct of research as technology advances at an ever-increasing rate. He gave the warning on Friday in Lagos at the University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) during ...
Read More »OSPOLY ALUMNI INAUGURATES EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS — Adekunle Sikiru
Osun State Polytechnic Iree Alumni Association (OSPAA) has inaugurated the Editorial Board members of the association who are saddled with the responsibilities of gathering, processing and disseminating information to the public through magazine publication. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony held ...
Read More »EFCC arraigns Boroh, Moriki over N975m fraud in Amnesty programme
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the duo of Brigadier General Tarelah Paul Boroh (rtd) and Hanafi Musa Moriki, before Justice O. O. Goodluck of the FCT High Court, Abuja. They are being tried on a nine-count ...
Read More »1.95 million new subscribers join Nigerian mobile networks
Telecommunications operators added new 1.95m new subscribers to telephony networks in the country between July and August this year. Specifically, the figure moved from 174.9m in July to 176.8m in August, representing a 1.02 per cent increase in the country’s ...
Read More »Delay in completion of Lagos-Ibadan rail project causing hiccups
Indications have emerged that the Federal Government may be experiencing some hiccups in the build-up to the December deadline for the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. In as much the contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) has completed ...
Read More »Gunmen abduct Bayelsa Commissioner’s father Agbabou Week
Unidentified gunmen have abducted 84 year-old father of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief George Agbabou Week and carted away his electronic gadgets, jewelries in Southern Ijaw Council Area of the state. His abduction is coming four days after Beauty ...
Read More »Cross River’s second power plant to be ready next year, Ayade insists
Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has disclosed that the building of a second power plant project embarked upon by his administration will be commissioned next year. He explained that the 26 megawatts gas-fired power plant project at Tinapa Leisure ...
Read More »Funding delays work at Enugu airport six weeks after closure, 13 buildings for demolition over trespass
Funding hitches may have caused a delay in the rehabilitation of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, which was shut down by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on August 24 this year. Minister for Aviation, Hardi Siriki who ...
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